Anbar, Iraq: Hosts of college students from the west Anbar are spending their summer holidays doing volunteer work in hospitals, clinics and camps for people displaced by conflict amongs religious groups. Read article

Hanoi, Vietnam: Whether they're holding classes for children in a pagoda or in floating classrooms, student volunteers in Hanoi's Red River islet are selfless in their efforts to educate and help the poor and disabled children living in the area. Read article

Through a volunteer development program called the West Plan, young teachers and doctors from China’s wealthier eastern provinces are heading into the country’s less developed western provinces in droves to help communities there. Since its start in 2003, the program has sent over 40,000 recent graduates into communities throughout China’s West. Read article